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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1932
Page
4
A reflection by Eugenie de Guerin on relief through spiritual surrender. The soul, freed from fault, feels lighter and almost as if it gains wings when sins are laid at the divine.
Governor points to steep drops in county farm values from 1919 to 1931 in Wayne and Rockingham as key to heavy public debt burdens. He argues deflated values worsen debts, urging restoration of former value-to-dollar ratios to relieve the people.
The Lexington mayor asks the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend funds to build a power plant to supply city electricity, following actions by High Point and Fayetteville. The move centers on finance and potential competition with Duke Power, with W S Lee of Duke as key consulting engineer.
The text questions whether localized development is necessary or convenient under the I C C framework. It notes a doubt about Mr. Lee's view of what counts as convenient in the I C C sense and emphasizes resolving proposals accordingly.
The American Federation of Labor leader William Green reports unemployment in the United States has fallen to about 10,900,000. He notes improved business conditions have led to factory hiring increases, but the jobless total remains large and the nation still faces a major challenge to place eleven million workers on payrolls.
Boston analysis of Massachusetts voting shows Hoover leading in a Literary Digest poll with 57 000 to 33 000 while 10 500 Hoover backers from 1928 switch to Roosevelt and 3 500 voted for Smith then. The piece questions poll irregularities and urges ratification of the lame duck amendment to curb delayed inaugurations.
General Pelham B Glassford resigns as Washington police superintendent noting a lack of authority to act without fear or favor. He says chiefs face political interference that hinders honest and efficient policing, criticizing the persistent influence of politicians on policing.
W A Bivins muses on religion and budgets as churches trim funds in response to money shortages. He jests about gum abstinence funding churches and recalls John Pierpont on suffrage while noting practical tips for business revival and the value of self help.
The text suggests a father advises preparing a son for leadership by developing a powerful right hand. It emphasizes personal discipline and assertiveness as traits for a political path. The remark frames strength as a predictor of political success.
Teachers in Wildwood New Jersey report they are being paid in scrip due to administrative backlogs with extensive paperwork cited as the cause. The situation adds to recent budget and payroll frictions affecting local educators.
A wife confronts years of her husband’s evasive excuses for travel. He recently recounted a supposed business trip to justify his frequent, unexplained absences, prompting examination of trust and communication in their relationship.
A University of California physicist uses an electro magnetic device to break down a lithium atom. The breakthrough is hailed as a major scientific achievement that could influence future thought and reshape humanity’s view of its place in the world and its destiny as pursuit of matter’s composition advances.
Wall Street shows caution toward political endorsements as investors remain wary of broad policy shifts. Analysts say capital markets are uneasy about any strong partisan backing and prefer stability over bold political bets.
The Boy Scout leader who advocates whistling as a remedy for pipe smoking should also be asked to prescribe a cure for whistling itself.
Bernard Shaw denounced patriotism as a pernicious psychopathic form of idiocy, a remark likely to provoke heated reactions among American politicians and commentators. The remark underscores tensions between national loyalty and dissent in public discourse.
Report notes a mystery vessel shadowing U S combat ships during maneuvers off the California coast. The observer suggests the ship may belong to a taxpayer curious about navy spending of 400 million dollars annually.
The National Geographic Society notes that if the United States diamond reserves were split evenly, each family would own about 160 to 200 dollars in diamonds. The remark hints at a broader stockpile and market implications.
A letter from T. L. Whitaker accuses Hoover era prompts and Mellon actions of steering the country toward disaster. The author claims Roosevelt and Garner will reverse the trend with a Democratic return, urging readers to publish the remarks.
A poem describes dawn waking slumbering earth and the beauty of autumn colors. The verse likens autumn to a divine artist, fading into the hills, with imagery of rain, waking light, and a holy unseen hand shaping the landscape. The piece closes with the signature Katherine Deligny.
The Deep River adult Bible class met for a business session led by T J Jones with a program of poems and readings. Several members and guests were listed among refreshments and visits, plus updates on ill and traveling neighbors and local shoppes and farms.
British writer traces Sir Oswald Mosley from Tory MP to Labour minister to founder of the British Fascists. He notes Mosley’s shifts between parties, his study of fascism in Italy and Germany, and his attack on the united government and Commons as a herd of sheep.
Sheriff Fre mont Campbell sent deputies to probe John Hoffer’s whisky after complaints of tongue swelling and spots before the eyes. They seized a 20 gallon still and dumped 200 gallons of prune mash.
The Sedgefield Hunt resumes tomorrow at 2 30 PM from the Old Hunt House on the Greensboro Road. The season’s first regular Saturday hunt follows the Rockingham Vox Hunters meeting, with weekly hunts scheduled Wednesdays and Saturdays through the season.
John Boyle, a prominent Birmingham attorney, faces a matricide case over his 66 year old mother. The defense pursues an insanity plea citing his “unmoved” demeanor and imagined stories. Witnesses described eccentric traits from his University of Alabama days and family mental illness history.
Rocco and J W Rollo sought to plead guilty to highway robbery and begin serving time. Judge J M Peeler sentenced them to 26 years each. The day before court, the pair and a third prisoner escaped using a hacksaw and a rape. Rocco and Rollo were recaptured days later. the third man remained at large in Jacksonville.
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